# Proby baronets

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There have been two **baronetcies** created for persons with the surname **Proby**, one in the [Baronetage of England](/source/Baronetage_of_England) and one in the [Baronetage of the United Kingdom](/source/Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom). The first creation is extinct while the second creation is extant.

The **Proby Baronetcy**, of Elton in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 March 1662 for [Thomas Proby](/source/Sir_Thomas_Proby,_1st_Baronet). He represented [Amersham](/source/Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and [Huntingdonshire](/source/Huntingdonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons). The title became extinct on his death in 1689. Proby's first cousin William Proby was the ancestor of the [Earls of Carysfort](/source/Earl_of_Carysfort).

The **Proby Baronetcy**, of [Elton Hall](/source/Elton_Hall) in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 January 1952 for Major [Richard Proby](/source/Sir_Richard_Proby,_1st_Baronet), President of the [Country Landowners' Association](/source/Country_Landowners'_Association). He was the son of Colonel [Douglas Hamilton](/source/Douglas_Proby), who assumed by Royal licence the surname of Proby in 1904, son of [Lord Claud Hamilton](/source/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1813%E2%80%931884)) and his wife Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby, daughter of [Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort](/source/Granville_Leveson_Proby,_3rd_Earl_of_Carysfort), and sister of [William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort](/source/William_Proby,_5th_Earl_of_Carysfort) (on whose death in 1909 the earldom became extinct). Lord Claud Hamilton was the second son of [James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton](/source/James_Hamilton,_Viscount_Hamilton), eldest son of [John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn](/source/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Abercorn). Consequently, the present holder of the Proby Baronetcy of Elton Hall is also in remainder to the marquessate of Abercorn and its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the [Duke of Abercorn](/source/Duke_of_Abercorn).

## Proby baronets, of Elton (1662)

- [Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Thomas_Proby,_1st_Baronet) (c. 1634–1689)

## Proby baronets, of Elton Hall (1952)

- [Sir Richard George Proby, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Richard_Proby,_1st_Baronet) (1886–1979)
- [Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Peter_Proby,_2nd_Baronet) (1911–2002)
- [Sir William Henry Proby](/source/Sir_William_Henry_Proby), [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), 3rd Baronet (born 1949)

There is no heir to the baronetcy.

## See also

- [Duke of Abercorn](/source/Duke_of_Abercorn)
- [Earl of Carysfort](/source/Earl_of_Carysfort)

## References

- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). *Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage* (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]

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